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Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer [1834-36]
Crompton, Charles; R. Meeson & H. Roscoe. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1834-36]. With American Cases by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-73. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Crompton, Charles & John Jervis. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1830-32]. American Decisions by Hare & Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1865-66. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Worn, covers detached, portions of spines lacking. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 534. More
Crown Cases Reserved...
Denison, Stephen Charles. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration & Decided by the Judges of England [1844-52.] Volume II Continued by R.R. Pearce, American Cases by G. Shearswood. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson, 1853. Two volumes. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. One volume rebacked, covers detached, rehinged with tape. Internally sound.$100. *Wallace 538. More
Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords [1831-46
Clark, C. and W. Finnelly. Reports of Cases...in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error [1831-46]. Edited with Notes & References to American & subsequent English Cases by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Twelve volumes. 10 volumes contemporary calf, 2 volumes cloth. Ex-library. Worn..... More
Reports of Cases...in Chancery
De Gex, J.P.; H. Cadman Jones & R. Horton Smith. Reports of Cases...in Chancery [1862-65]. Edited by J.C. Perkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1873-74. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached. Internally sound.$150. *Wallace 527. More
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]
Hall, Frederick James & Philip Twells. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1848-50]. London: W. Maxwell, 1850-51. Two volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Exterior scuffed, worn. Covers detached, one volume repaired with tape. Internally sound.$75. *Wallace 527. More
Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius
Foster, T. Campbell and W.F. Finlason. Reports of Cases Decided at Nisi Prius and at the Crown Side on Circuit...[1856-67]. London: Sweet & Norton [et al.], 1860-67. Four volumes. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn, covers detached, reattached with tape. Internally sound. $100. *First edition. Maxwell and Brown, Checklist of British..... More
Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery
Hare, Thomas. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1841-1853]. With Notes & References to both English & American Decisions by E. Fitch Smith [et al.]. New York: Banks, Gould & Co., 1851-1871. Eleven volumes. Complete set of all volumes published. Contemporary law calf. Ex-library. Worn. Most covers detached..... More
Common Bench Reports
Manning, James; T.C. Granger and John Scott. Common Bench Reports. Cases Argued & Determined in the Court of Common Pleas [1845-1856]. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1852-62. Eighteen volumes. Contemporary calf, one volume in cloth. Ex-library. Worn, spines chipped, most covers detached, crudely repaired. Lacks Index volume. Internally sound. $200..... More
A Digest of the Reported Decisions
Mews, John. A Digest of the Reported Decisions of the Courts of Common Law, Bankruptcy, Probate, Admiralty, and Divorce...[1756-1883]. London: H. Sweet; Stevens & Sons and W. Maxwell & Son, 1884. Seven volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf. Worn, covers of four volumes detached (some repaired with tape). Internally sound. $250. *First..... More
Reports...in the High Court of Chancery
Vesey, Francis Jr. Reports of Cases...in the High Court of Chancery [1789-1817]. Edited with Notes & References to American Law and Subsequent English Decisions by Charles Sumner. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1894-95. Twenty volumes. Star-paged. Contemporary calf. Ex-library. Spines rubbed, some spines chipped, several joints cracked, several..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer
Meeson, R. and W.N. Welsby. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber [1836-47]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts. Edited by J.I. Clark Hare & H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-70. Sixteen volumes. Contemporary calf, two volumes clothbound. Ex-library. Extremely worn. Covers..... More
Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber
Welsby, W.N.; E.T. Hurlstone & J. Gordon. Reports of Cases...in the Courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber [1847-56]. With References to Decisions in the American Courts by J.I. Clark Hare and H.B. Wallace. Philadelphia: T.& J.W. Johnson & Co., 1864-74. Eleven volumes. Contemporary law calf, worn. Ex-library. Rear covers of..... More
Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the...
Tansill, Charles. James Madison. Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States. Washington: Government Printing Office 1927. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Illustrations. 1,115 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Full calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine..... More
The Clerk's Magazine, Or Law-Repository, Containing: A Variety of...
Guidance for Young Clerks [Practitioner in the Law]. The Clerk's Magazine, Or Law-Repository. Containing: A Variety of the Most Useful Precedents [...] With Necessary Directions for Making Distresses for Rent, &c. As the Law Between Landlord and Tenant Now Stands. To Which is Added, The Doctrine of Fines and Recoveries..... More
Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen...
New York City in 1817 [New York City]. Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen, And Commonalty of the City of New-York, By Common Council Convened, During the Mayoralty of Jacob Radcliff. To Which is Added, The Law of the State of New-York Relative to the Transportation..... More
Studies in Biblical Law.
Daube, David. Studies in Biblical Law. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1947. viii, 328 pp. Reprint Legal Classics Library, 2002. Full decorative black calf, extra gilt, all edges gilt, silk ribbon page marker. Bookplate on front pastedown else fine. $45. * Daube [1909-1999], a formidably learned scholar who held doctorates..... More
Shaping the Common Law: From Glanville to Hale, 1188-1688.
Barnes, Thomas Garden. Shaping the Common Law: From Glanville to Hale, 1188-1688. Edited and With an Introduction by Allen D. Boyer. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2008. Reprint. The Legal Classics Library, 2008. xii, 10, 282 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Bookplate..... More
Law and the Social Order: Essays in Legal Philosophy.
Cohen, Morris. Law and the Social Order: Essays in Legal Philosophy. Harcourt, Brace, and Company: New York, 1933. Reprinted by Legal Classics Library, 2001. xii, 403 pp. Full decorative calf, extra gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Silk ribbon bookmarker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $40. * A collection..... More
Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning...
Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb [1879-1918]. Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning and Other Legal Essays. Edited by Walter Wheeler Cook. Foreword by Arthur L. Corbin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Reprint. [Delanco: The Legal Classics Library, 2003]. 420 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled..... More
A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the...
Cooley, Thomas M. [1824-1898]. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1868. Reprint. Legal Classics Library, [1987]. xlvii, 720 pp. Full calf, extra gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon..... More
Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review.
Ely, John Hart. Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980. Reprint. [Delran]: The Legal Classics Library, [2004]. viii, 268 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on front pastedown, else fine. $50. * Ely's influential study..... More
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Books I-IV.
Hooker, Richard. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Books I-IV. London: J. M. Dent & Co, and in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., [n.d.]. xix, 429 pp. Reprinted 1998 by the Legal Classics Library. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate..... More
Democracy in America.
Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes by John C. Spencer. New York: Adlard and Saunders, 1838. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 1988. xxx, 464 pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Bookplate on..... More
Bloodtaking and Peacemaking. Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland.
Miller, William Ian. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking. Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, [1990]. Reprint The Legal Classics Library, 2014. With a Special Introduction by Carl Richard. Signed by the author, Willian Ian Miller, on the half-title page. Full calf, extra gilt, all..... More